Overgeared

The collapsed ground swallowed the sea of green which used to be the forest. The giant trees, that reached all the way to the sky, tilted precariously.

A long time ago when Grid visited this place with Zik and Zibal, the scenery at the entrance of the Hwan Kingdom had overwhelmed him. It now looked completely devastated. Judging from the scale of the damage, it was almost certain that the Hwan Kingdom wouldn’t escape unscathed from this fight. This had to be the case. Why else had Hanul rushed over here then?

However, Hanul appeared unbothered. He sneered at Grid without giving off the slightest hint of agitation.

[The pressure you are giving off is unusual. Do you think this is an opportunity for you to kill us?]

Just then, Chiyou’s eyes returned to normal. He stopped emitting a white light and his pupils were back to their original state. Those pitch-black eyes of his contained desire and joy.

Noe had been poking his head out of Grid’s arms to examine the situation. “D-Don’t tell me, this guy... Did he pretend to be insane to lure Master here?” he asked thoughtfully.

It was a reasonable doubt, but Grid firmly shook his head.

“There is no way that those who live on pride would act like fools.”

Grid could operate as virtually two different people thanks to the Consciousness Separation skill. The skill divided his consciousness into two. It was still at level 1, but it was very useful. Because of it, Grid could assess the clone’s situation in real time. He had witnessed every moment of Hanul and Chiyou’s fight and he knew that Chiyou had not put on an act.

Of course, doing so mentally exhausted him. Switching back and forth between the two consciousnesses required a great deal of concentration. Had there not been a function that granted autonomy to his clone, Grid wouldn’t have been able to fully utilize the Consciousness Separation skill.

In any case, Grid was aware that Hanul wasn’t in good shape.

[Are you serious...? You are here to settle things with us by yourself? So ridiculous. Can you really handle both of us?]

Hanul was bluffing, pretending he was fine with this turn of events. Grid wasn’t deceived by his acting skills.

“What do you mean by the two of you? I don’t think Chiyou will team up with you so we can fight two versus one.”

Grid had long defined Chiyou as a lunatic. Therefore, he didn’t respect Chiyou. Chiyou teaming up with Hanul to kill Grid? No way.

Ironically, the one whom the madman valued the most was Grid. He didn’t want Grid to die. Because of this, it was Grid, not Hanul, who had the numerical advantage.

Grid wasn’t actually isolated behind enemy lines. Together with his clone, he had surrounded the enemy. This had been his plan from the very beginning.

“Thanks to the immortal earlier, the Hwan Kingdom has suffered quite a lot of damage... Did I miscalculate when I decided this was the best moment to try and hurt you?”

More and more mirrors appeared, surrounding Hanul. Before he knew it, there were hundreds of them, and would soon become thousands. This was easy to pull off because the spell required ice magic. They weren’t that durable, that was their weakness, but they reflected light. This clearly restricted Hanul’s actions.

Hanul stared at Grid silently. The light withdrew and he revealed his true appearance.

He looked like King Sobyeol after King Sobyeol grew older and larger in size. Hanul’s white hair was tightly combed into a bun and there were deep wrinkles all over his face. However, the wrinkles didn’t make him look ugly. They made his eyes look wiser, and the lines around his mouth made him look mightier. He was standing with his back straight, and had a thick waist, a broad chest, and wide shoulders.

Hanul’s appearance resembled the one described in the myths. He gave off the impression of a ruler. Anyone could see that he had been born to rule and deserved to be worshiped as a god.

your status as the Only

who was genuinely impressed with Hanul’s appearance, Hanul didn’t respect Grid. He

his head. “Are

existed since the beginning of time. He had been a god from the moment he was born. However, he opposed Rebecca and lost. Thanks to Chiyou’s help, he managed to hide in

angels. Hanul had tried all sorts of dirty schemes one after another, but all of his plans failed. If anything, Hanul was the one who had lived an insidious and insignificant life. Hanul knew that

the nail on the head. Hanul got flustered and shouted, [You are truly a lowly and disgusting

wave stretched out around Hanul. It wasn’t light, but Hanul’s pure power. He had created a shockwave just by shouting. The power of

strong a God of the beginning was. This was the prestige of a being whose stats were at least in the tens of

stared at Hanul in the sky. He was making an effort not

name meant ‘heaven.’ His unique authority was to give wide-area quests to players or NPCs. Hanul clearly had a heavenly role. He was the God that all beings living in the world should look up to. However, when they looked up,

He came up with a plan that

was the reason? Did he lust for power? Did he want more than the

know what Hanul’s intentions were. He could only assume

know the truth of

world was just a game. Since Yatan, another God of the beginning, and even Judar

[Don’t make that face.]

eyes and did as he pleased. He turned into light and shot forward. He stabbed Grid in the chest with his light. The attack landed before Grid could

[......?]

was about to link another attack but suddenly stopped. His eyes widened as blood also

[Annihilation.]

sight of a God of the beginning bleeding

[You are so annoying.]

and kept reflecting the light. As a result, the

[Do your best.]

changed. He attacked Grid’s clone, who kept creating new

Flash!

this was incredibly easy for him to do, he

because of the huge shock and could no longer spawn any

have been hit by a

as much compared to the first time he got hit because Hanul had struck him right in the heart. Grid had no chance to react in time.

[......]

the blood flowing down from his throat. If Grid’s sword had dug just a little bit

He couldn’t dodge or block Hanul’s attack before counterattacking, but he managed to counterattack after Hanul hit

him slaying a chief god and a dragon.

“......”

[......]

enemies. Both Absolutes

had invested all his stat points into Agility to somehow respond to the speed of light, but this meant

Natural Order and Twilight swords, he posed a great threat to Hanul. However, if his attack power lowered even more, even his